After looking doubtfully at it, two or three times, as if to be sure that it was really there, he laid down his work, put his hand to his neck, and took off a blackened string with a scrap of folded rag attached to it.
"If, without disturbing him," she said, raising her hand to Mr.
Tale Of Two Cities
Then came the recruits, new-caught, young, savage things, timid as deer, yet yielding to stern parental and tribal law and going down into the Arangi's cabin, one by one, their fathers and mothers and relatives accompanying them in family groups, to confront the big fella white marster, who wrote their names down in a mysterious book, had them ratify the three years' contract of their labour by a touch of the right
hand to the pen with which he wrote, and who paid the first year's advance in trade goods to the heads of their respective families.
Jerry of the Islands
Thus then, my father, did Chaka the King, the greatest man who has ever lived in Zululand, and the most evil, pass by my
hand to those kraals of the Inkosazana where no sleep is.
Nada The Lily
He was never clear of the foe, but was always in the thick of the fight; his spear was never idle; he poised and aimed it in every direction, so eager was he to hit someone from a distance or to fight him
hand to hand.
Iliad
At the break of the poop he reeled, raised one
hand to his eyes with the familiar brushing gesture, and fell down the steps--still on his feet--to the main deck, across which he staggered, falling and flinging out his arms for support.
The Sea Wolf
Neville,' laying his left hand on the inner shoulder of that young gentleman, and thus walking on between them, hand to shoulder on either side:
Jasper, still walking in the centre, hand to shoulder on either side, beautifully turns the Refrain of a drinking song, and they all go up to his rooms.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
For the first time in my life I was not able to use my right
hand to make art.
My left hand vs my right hand
Findings "With each
hand to surface exposure, a two directional exchange of microorganisms occurs between hands and the touched object and the transient hand-carried flora is thus continuously changing.
Doctors go easy on their hand hygiene
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Throw the ball in an arc from
hand to hand about eye level.
Teach yourself some circus skills
The hospital mascot 'Habib the Hand' was at
hand to educate children on the benefits of clean hands and the importance of soap hand washing.
Hand washing drive launched
The injury to the hand brings another point into play as the agent had the will and, even though his hand was injured he still attempted to use the injured
hand to help in the loading process even though his injury was massive.
Is the weak hand wiling? 'Different-hand' shooting tips
Surgeons rewired sensory nerves that originally went to the
hand to a patch of skin that covers the chest muscles.
A new touch